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Russia Has 50K Troops Ready for Kursk Assault

US, Ukrainian officials say North Korean soldiers are part of the force

(Newser) - A combined force of 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops are preparing an attack to retake territory from Ukraine, according to assessments from US and Ukrainian officials. The target is land in Russia's Kursk region, where Russia has struck with missiles and artillery but stopped short of making...

South Korea: Signals From Border Disrupt Planes, Vessels

Military reports second straight day of GPS interruptions

(Newser) - South Korea's military said North Korea disrupted GPS signals from border areas for the second straight day on Saturday, affecting an unspecified number of flights and vessel operations. Tensions between the nations have escalated as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un flaunts his advancing nuclear and missile program and...

Ukrainian Official: We're Now Fighting North Koreans

Soldiers were recently deployed to help Russia

(Newser) - Ukrainian troops have for the first time engaged with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor, Ukraine's defense minister said Tuesday. Another Kyiv official said Ukraine's army fired artillery at North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk border region....

US Accuses China, Russia of Shielding North Korea

Hours later, North Korea launches more missiles

(Newser) - North Korea says it's speeding up the building of its nuclear weapons arsenal to counter threats from "hostile nuclear weapons states," like the United States. "The nuclear threat of United States against [North Korea] has already reached critical point in terms of its scale and danger,...

Zelensky Wants Allies' OK as N. Korean Troops Loom

Ukrainian president urges US, others to give him green light on using long-range weapons in Russia

(Newser) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky urged its allies to stop "watching" and take steps before North Koreans troops deployed in Russia reach the battlefield. Zelensky raised the prospect of a preemptive Ukrainian strike on camps where the North Korean troops are being trained, noting that Kyiv knows their location....

Kim Jong Un's Latest Move 'Needlessly Raises Tensions'

ICBM test launch on Thursday is reportedly the longest such launch yet by the North

(Newser) - North Korea says it conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile test on Thursday, in what CNN reports is believed to have been the longest ICBM launch by the North to date. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, the missile was fired almost straight up into the air from...

US Isn't Sure Why North Korea Sent 3K Troops to Russia

Administration issues warning, concerned that force will fight Ukraine

(Newser) - The US said Wednesday that 3,000 North Korean troops have deployed to Russia and are training at several locations, calling the move very serious and warning that those forces will be "fair game" if they go into combat in Ukraine. The deployment raises the potential for the North...

US Verifies What Ukraine, South Korea Have Alleged

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says North Korea has indeed sent troops to Russia

(Newser) - The US for the first time confirmed what South Korea and Ukraine have been saying: that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia. "There is evidence of DPRK troops in Russia," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday in Rome (North Korea's formal name is the Democratic...

South Korea to Russia: Send North Korean Troops Home

Seoul summons ambassador over reports 1.5K soldiers from North are in Russia to fight

(Newser) - South Korea says it has confirmed that soldiers from North Korea have arrived in Russia—and it wants Moscow to send them home immediately. On Monday, authorities in Seoul summoned the Russian ambassador to make the demand, reports the BBC . "[This] not only gravely threatens South Korea but the...

North Korea May Be Providing Russia With Soldiers
North Korea May Be
Providing Russia With Soldiers
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Oct 16, 2024 9:11 AM CDT

North Korea May Be Providing Russia With Soldiers

Ukrainian intelligence suggests country has gone beyond supplying Moscow with arms

(Newser) - North Korea is now providing Russia with a new resource in its war in Ukraine: bodies, or so believes Ukrainian intelligence. NBC News reports it's believed Kim Jong Un is now providing troops to fight on Russia's behalf, with a source saying "the first units are already...

North Korea Has to Pay Back Loan for Roads It Just Blew Up

Relations with South Korea continue to deteriorate with explosions observed Tuesday

(Newser) - In a symbolic display of anger , North Korea on Tuesday blew up the northern section of unused roads that once linked it with the South, per the AP . The roads' choreographed demolition underlines North Korea's growing anger against South Korea's conservative government. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...

North Korea: Army Units Are Ready to Strike Across Border

Military calls South Korea's drone launches provocation

(Newser) - North Korea said Sunday its front-line army units are ready to launch strikes on South Korea, ramping up pressure on its rival that it accuses of flying drones over the capital of Pyongyang. North Korea on Friday said it would respond with force if South Korea drops propaganda leaflets over...

North Korea Severing Routes to the South

Roads and rails leading to 'principal enemy' to be cut off, army says

(Newser) - After promising to remove all mention of reunification with South Korea from its constitution, North Korea says it's eliminating all road and rail connections between the two enemy nations. Roads and railways connecting the countries will be cut off beginning Wednesday, the General Staff of the Korean People's...

Kim Jong Un: I Won't Hesitate to Destroy South Korea With Nukes

Threat comes as animosities between the Koreas are at worst point in years

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked, state media reported Friday, after the South's leader warned that Kim's regime would collapse if he attempted to use nuclear arms. The exchange of such rhetoric between the rival Koreas...

CIA Is Openly Recruiting Informants on Social Media

Anyone interested in North Korea, China, or Iran?

(Newser) - The CIA says it was successful in recruiting Russian informants following the invasion of Ukraine. Now, "we want to make sure individuals in other authoritarian regimes know that we're open for business," a rep said Wednesday as the agency put out a call for informants in China,...

Cops: North Korea Defector Steals Bus to Drive Home

He didn't make it very far, could now face a decade in jail, per South Korea police

(Newser) - A man who fled from North Korea a decade ago made a rare attempt to return this week on a stolen bus, according to South Korean police. The unnamed man in his 30s allegedly stole the bus from a garage in Paju, about 20 miles northwest of Seoul, around 1am...

Trash Balloons Caused 413 Minutes of Airport Shutdowns

South Korea releases numbers

(Newser) - So far, the trash balloons released by North Korea have proved more of a headache than a hazard for the South. But aviation data shows just what a headache they've become. Reuters cites a South Korean lawmaker who said Wednesday that runways at the country's Incheon and Gimpo...

Kim Jong Un Visits 'Secretive' Facility, Calls for More Nukes

North Korea offered a rare glimpse into uranium enrichment facility

(Newser) - North Korea offered a rare glimpse into a secretive facility to produce weapons-grade uranium as state media reported Friday that leader Kim Jong Un visited the area and called for stronger efforts to "exponentially" increase the number of his nuclear weapons, the AP reports. It's unclear if the...

North Korean Spies Are Getting US IT Jobs

Remote job offerings, AI advances are helping operatives infiltrate US companies: WSJ

(Newser) - In May, federal prosecutors announced fraud charges against several people who'd allegedly helped individuals with ties to North Korea secure jobs with over 300 US companies, generating $7 million for Kim Jong Un's regime. But that's just one small part of an ongoing fraud scheme that's...

Table Tennis Selfie May Haunt North Korean Players
Table Tennis Selfie May Haunt
North Korean Players
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Aug 31, 2024 1:20 PM CDT

Table Tennis Selfie May Haunt North Korean Players

Silver medalists reportedly in hot water over photo with South Korean rivals at Olympics

(Newser) - At the time, it was hailed by NPR as an example of "selfie diplomacy" and later chosen by People as one of the best sportsmanship moments from the Olympics. But a selfie featuring two North Korean table tennis players may have landed both in hot water back home, reports...

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